Mario Lanfranchi(I)

After graduating from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Milan (Accademia dei Filodrammatici)in the early 1950s, and a few experiences directing plays and operas, he was hired at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. He was therefore a pioneer of Italia television and the first one to bring opera to the small screen, in 1956, with "Madama ... See full bio »